Desi Arnaz Quotes

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• Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.

  Desi Arnaz

  Careers, Doing Me, Helping

  50 Copy quote

• Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls.

  Desi Arnaz

  Pitfalls, Easy, Good Things

  24 Copy quote

• American people have the ability to laugh at themselves. It is one of the things that makes this country the great country that it is.

  Desi Arnaz

  Country, People, Laughing

  Desi Arnaz (1994). “A Book”

  57 Copy quote

• An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.

  Desi Arnaz

  Drama, Vices, Actors

  Desi Arnaz (1994). “A Book”

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• If you don't know what to do, don't do anything.

  Desi Arnaz

  Knows, Ifs

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't think anyone can tell you what it is that makes you a star.

  Desi Arnaz

  Stars, Thinking

  6 Copy quote

• Making a television show is not like making Coca-Cola or Bacardi rum. The human element in our business prevents us from finding a successful formula every time.

  Desi Arnaz

  Successful, Elements, Television

  Desi Arnaz (1994). “A Book”

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• Since I was very young I have always worked hard at whatever I have had to do.

  Desi Arnaz

  Young, Hard

  Desi Arnaz (1994). “A Book”

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• The success of I Love Lucy is something that happens only once in a lifetime, if you are fortunate enough to have it happen at all.

  Desi Arnaz

  Once In A Lifetime, Enough, Happens

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• Real intellectuals like to escape once in a while from their world of intellect.

  Desi Arnaz

  Real, World, Intellect

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• My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear of ulcers in Latin America.

  Desi Arnaz

  Latin, Blow, America

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• An audience is so important. I would never have had the guts to dub in that big a laugh.

  Desi Arnaz

  Laughing, Important, Bigs

  Desi Arnaz (1994). “A Book”

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• It's really amazing that two people from such different backgrounds and geographical origins ever got together. That was perhaps part of the attraction.

  Desi Arnaz

  Two, People, Together

  Desi Arnaz (1994). “A Book”

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• Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.

  Desi Arnaz

  Drinking, Needs, Pressure

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• One of my biggest problems with comedy was that I did not understand some of the jokes.

  Desi Arnaz

  Comedy, Problem, Jokes

  Desi Arnaz (1994). “A Book”

  7 Copy quote

• I could have stayed home and been kept by my wife.

  Desi Arnaz

  Home, Wife, My Wife

  Desi Arnaz (1994). “A Book”

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• A single prop that does not look real to an audience can louse you up. The same is true of the smallest flaw in setting up the motivation in a story line.

  Desi Arnaz

  Motivational, Real, Doe

  Desi Arnaz (1994). “A Book”

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• I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude.

  Desi Arnaz

  Father, Struggle, Years

  Desi Arnaz (1994). “A Book”

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• In 1934 there were very few Cubans in Miami.

  Desi Arnaz

  Miami, Cuban

  Desi Arnaz (1994). “A Book”

  5 Copy quote

• When I get in the sun I get very tanned. You can't tell me from the native fishermen in Hawaii or Mexico.

  Desi Arnaz

  Mexico, Hawaii, Sun

  Desi Arnaz (1994). “A Book”

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• The custom of my grandfather's day is still going strong in Latin America. American girls do not seem to understand it.

  Desi Arnaz

  Girl, Strong, Latin

  Desi Arnaz (1994). “A Book”

  7 Copy quote

• No one could ever argue with me about people in show business being kind of nice.

  Desi Arnaz

  Nice, People, Be Kind

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• I received my Greetings from Uncle Sam in May 1943. I applied for the Air Force.

  Desi Arnaz

  Uncles, Air, May

  Desi Arnaz (1994). “A Book”

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• I was an only child, but I did have a hell of a lot of cousins.

  Desi Arnaz

  Cousin, Children, Only Child

  Desi Arnaz (1994). “A Book”

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• I didn't know anything about acting, much less about acting in a comedy.

  Desi Arnaz

  Acting, Comedy, Knows

  Desi Arnaz (1994). “A Book”

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